In the Trenches
The official trigger point of WW1 was started by which group?
The Black Hand/Young Serbs/Serbian Nationalists
This was vital to the success of Hitler and stoked fears of communism succeeding all around the world.
What is the Great Depression?
This was the primary goal of Pearl Harbor for the Japanese.
what is to cripple the American navy to fight back?
This action caused America to declare war on Germany in the 1940's.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This was the nation that was invaded by Stalin and Hitler at the same time in the opening act of WW2.
Where is Poland?
These ISM's are most responsible for the "Great War" being so deadly in scope.
What are Militarism, Nationalism, Industrialism, and Imperialism?
The Acorn claims this event WASN'T the start of WW2, even though certain, wise, orange haired historians dispute it.
What is the Japanese invasion of Manchuria?
This tactic gave the Nazis incredible success early on in the war, but would cost them later dearly.
What is the blitzkrieg?
This marked the beginning of a new age of warfare where total wars are no longer "possible"
What is the nuking of Hiroshima & Nagasaki?
This was the motto the Imperial Japanese employed to justify their taking of colonies in the Pacific Theater.
This intellectual movement was tested and "killed" in WW1's aftermath.
What is the Enlightenment?
Fascism largely outcompeted this ISM in European governments following that ISM's failure in WW1.
What is Liberalism?
This is "the city that cost a continent."
What is Stalingrad?
This moment marked the turning point for the European Second World War, and is possibly the biggest blunder in military history.
What is operation Barbarossa?
This social group was used more effectively by the Allies than the Axis factions, and directly contributed to the outcomes of the Second World War.
What are women?
This incident which started during WW1 would kill more people than the war itself.
What is the Spanish Flu? [Extra points if you named it the Kansas Flu]
This theory was incredibly relevant to explain why the antisemitism in Europe reached a high point in the 20's to 40's.
What is the "Stab In the Back" Theory?
This conflict only added to the sheer casualties and losses of the Japanese invasion and occupation of China during WW2.
What is the Chinese Civil War?
This moment directly gave Hitler the power he needed to then take over the German Government.
What is appointed to head of the Reichstag?
This event was essential for Stalin's success in consolidating power in the USSR.
What is The Terror/Great Purges?
This group rose from the political ashes of the end of the Great War and was a political/cultural minority within the "Sick Man of Europe".
Who are the Arabs?
By dealing with these two entities [one within, one abroad] Italy was under Mussolini "Restoring the Roman Empire"
What is Ethiopia and the Vatican?
This term is used to express the ability for all sides of WW2 to enact the Rape of Nanjing, Comfort Women, the Holocaust, Slave Labor, POW abuse, the use of fire bombs and nukes on civilians, and intentional famines among other atrocities.
What is total war?
This event caused a major faction in a world war to exit the fight and give up early and lose all the territory they claimed, shifting the course of the war.
What is the Russian Revolution?
This type of government died with the end of the Great War among all nations of prominence.
What is absolutist monarchy?